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York Albert E & Myrtle Gunn Trust

Saint Louis, MO · EIN 74-6446490. Reported 62 grants totalling $760,855 to 39 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$760,855granted, 2021-2024
39organizations funded
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,386,681assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. York Albert E & Myrtle Gunn Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
3 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
13 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
39 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Boys Girls Clubs of Victoria IncVictoria, TX$65,000332024
Golden Crescent Court Appointed SpecialVictoria, TX$65,000332023
Victoria Ballet TheatreVictoria, TX$55,000442024
Meals on Wheels South TexasVictoria, TX$52,000222024
Victoria Isd Education Foundation IncVictoria, TX$50,855442024
Foster Parents of VictoriaVictoria, TX$50,000442024
Teens Grounded IncVictoria, TX$30,000332024
Victoria Senior Citizen AssociationVictoria, TX$30,000112022
Victoria Bach Festival Association IncVictoria, TX$26,000332024
Community Action Committee of Victoria TVictoria, TX$25,000112021
Billy T Cattan Recovery Outreach IncVictoria, TX$20,000222023
Community Action Committee of Victoria TexasVictoria, TX$20,000112023
Mid Coast Construction AcademyVictoria, TX$20,000222022
University of Houston - VictoriaVictoria, TX$20,000112021
Boys & Girls Club of VictoriaVictoria, TX$15,000112021
Habitat for HumanityAtlanta, GA$15,000112022
Hope of South Texas IncVictoria, TX$15,000112024
Perpetual Help HomeVictoria, TX$15,000112021
Victoria Fine Arts Association IncVictoria, TX$15,000222024
Our Lady of Victory SchoolVictoria, TX$14,500332023
Billy Cattan Recovery OutreachVictoria, TX$11,000112021
Girl Scouts of Greater South TexasHarlingen, TX$10,000112022
Life at Its Best Foundation IncVictoria, TX$10,000112021
Mid Coast Construction Academy TrustVictoria, TX$10,000112024
University of Houston FoundationHouston, TX$10,000112023
Victoria Business & Education CoalitionVictoria, TX$10,000112021
Vine SchoolVictoria, TX$10,000112024
Young LifeColorado Spgs, CO$10,000112023
Young LifeVictoria, TX$10,000112024
Young LifeAntelope, OR$10,000112022
Victoria Bach FestivalVictoria, TX$6,000112021
Donum DeiNursery, TX$5,000112024
Gulf Bend Mental Health Mental RetardatiVictoria, TX$5,000112022
National Society to Prevent BlindnessChicago, IL$5,000112023
Trinity Episcopal SchoolAustin, TX$5,000112023
Victoria Christian Assistance MinistryVictoria, TX$5,000112024
Victoria Symphony Society IncVictoria, TX$5,000112021
Promise Pointe IncVictoria, TX$3,000112023
Victoria Christian SchoolVictoria, TX$2,500112022

12 of 39 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
8 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Civil Rights
3 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Employment
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202115$182,500$10,000
202216$195,355$10,000
202317$191,000$10,000
202414$192,000$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$721K
Georgia
$15K
Colorado
$10K
Oregon
$10K
Illinois
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

The O'connor & Hewitt Foundation11 shared recipientsWood Family Memorial Trust8 shared recipientsSouth Texas Charitable Foundation7 shared recipientsThe Kathryn O'connor Foundation7 shared recipientsGreater Houston Community Foundation6 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from York Albert E & Myrtle Gunn Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 74-6446490 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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